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- Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:49 pm
- Forum: Antweights
- Topic: First ever robot with no experience!
- Replies: 8
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Re: First ever robot with no experience!
It was worse for me I retired before 3D printers became fairly common place but having spent more years then I care to remember as an engineer it wasn't too hard to pick up. I design all my robots using the free Goggle Sketchup CAD Program. The word 'free' there beats the '$3995' that goes in front...
- Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:59 am
- Forum: Antweights
- Topic: First ever robot with no experience!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7159
Re: First ever robot with no experience!
Firstly, thank you so much for the welcome, Peter. It's great to meet you and receive your advice =) I left school/college before 3D printers came out (something I really regret), so I've never even seen one - let alone had a go on one! What software do you use to design your robot's body in or do y...
- Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:46 am
- Forum: Antweights
- Topic: Meet Killer-Wolf
- Replies: 25
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Re: Meet Killer-Wolf
I really like the design of you robot (the blue and the wolf's head). I'm also happy to see you using Maya to design your robot. I'd been looking into some 3D software to do some work on and most sites suggested using SolidWorks: the price of that scared me! Thanks for keeping this blog, very useful...
- Wed Aug 24, 2016 5:33 am
- Forum: Antweights
- Topic: First ever robot with no experience!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7159
First ever robot with no experience!
Hi everyone, I was sent here both from a Facebook Group (Ant Chat) and another Forum (Fighting Robots) - both spoke very highly of the people and conversations going on here. I've been a fan of Robot Wars since I was about 8 years old (and, more recently, Battlebots). It had never occurred to me to ...